When your neighbors are Kim Jung-Un-level crazy, you'd better make sure your defenses are bigger and badder than anything they can throw at you. Or at least just as crazy, like the K2 Black Panther's parachute munitions. »1/13/15 1:52pm 1/13/15 1:52pm

Usually we see the aftermath, or a security video, of a car driving through a building. This is what it looks like from inside the vehicle. Fair warning, there's a lot of shattered glass, and a lot of shattered dignity. »4/15/14 1:20pm 4/15/14 1:20pm

This is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place at 9:00 AM. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parse it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important? »4/04/13 9:19am 4/04/13 9:19am

Those Top Gear challenges where a car is shot with lasers from a plane or helicopter are almost always won by the flying aparatus. Top Gear's counterparts in Korea just beat a helicopter with a Corvette ZR1. And that's because the helicopter crashed. Whoops. »2/11/13 9:50am 2/11/13 9:50am

Driving is a dangerous business. You could be driving down the road, minding your own business, listening to the radio or something. Then suddenly, an SUV could come flying through the air out of nowhere and smash though your windshield. »2/05/13 12:20pm 2/05/13 12:20pm

When faced with an impending head on collision with a huge runaway truck, there are only a few options. One of the more ineffective options would be soiling one's pants. »11/12/12 3:00pm 11/12/12 3:00pm

If you're trying to live life rather than monitor U.S. auto sales data, we applaud your priorities. But it is worth pausing to note just how badly Japan's earthquake damaged Japanese automakers in the United States in May. »6/01/11 3:30pm 6/01/11 3:30pm

Rejoice, South Koreans! GM's done you a solid by dropping the embarrassing Daewoo brand and replacing it with good ol' American Chevrolet. Celebratory burnouts along the DMZ, anyone? [GM] »1/20/11 3:30pm 1/20/11 3:30pm

If you're the average Korean patrolman you make do with a Kia Picanto. Knock a few heads, impress your captain and you could be patrolling Seoul in a Gallardo, 911 or F360. Is that an HHR in the background? »2/26/10 3:30pm 2/26/10 3:30pm

A Korean woman has passed the written driving test on her 950th attempt. Having tried nearly daily since 2005, she finally managed to meet the minimum score of 60% and now plans to attempt the practical test. [AP] »11/06/09 10:30am 11/06/09 10:30am

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Hyundai Stellar »11/14/08 1:30pm 11/14/08 1:30pm was quite the mishmash of parts-bin bargains, with the same chassis as the Ford Cortina Mk 5, a Mitsubishi engine, and styling by . That doesn't matter, however; what matter is that ads for Korean cars have the most awesome combo of macho voiceover and cheezy echo effects in the history of…

Kia's very quietly revealed what appear to be photos of their upcoming Spectra-replacement, the Kia Forte. The new shots continue to show the Korean automaker's moving at a definitively un-Kia-like high speed towards a new, bolder design direction. We've seen it indicated already by the Kia Soul, Kia Koup and now the… »6/24/08 1:00pm 6/24/08 1:00pm

A Korean man who managed to get away with $10 million in cash and valuables partially thanks to his BMW has seen the end of the line. The fellow, only being identified as Kim, was recently arrested after committing 49 different burglaries in the Seoul area of Gangnam. He would rob luxury residences and then leave the… »5/27/08 4:00pm 5/27/08 4:00pm

As many of you guessed, I'm out here on the Southern tip of the Korean peninsula at the behest of the Mechanics who are quite Popular, getting the scoop on the new Hyundai [REDACTED]. While the driving impressions on the new [REDACTED] from the folks at Hyundai (Yes, Hyundai) are embargoed for a bit, there was other… »5/07/08 6:19am 5/07/08 6:19am